![]() "You're out, Tom." ―Tom Hagen and Michael Corleone Shortly afterwards, Johnny was given the role by Woltz. Later, men stole into Woltz's stables and Rocco Lampone decapitated Khartoum, then placed the horse's severed head and a large amount of its blood in Woltz's bed. ![]() During the dinner, when Hagen again "suggested" that Woltz give Fontane the role, Woltz erupted at him and revealed that Johnny would never get the career-making role because of his ruination of one of Woltz's brightest up-and-coming female stars. When Woltz discovered who exactly Hagen worked for, he invited him over to his palatial estate for dinner, and showed him his prized horse, Khartoum. In 1945, shortly after Connie Corleone's wedding, Hagen was dispatched by Vito Corleone to Hollywood in order to convince Jack Woltz, a big-time movie studio head, to give singer Johnny Fontane (Vito's godson) the lead role in his new war film. In the novel, it was said that Hagen's ascension to consigliere caused certain rival Mafia families to refer jokingly to the Corleones, behind their backs, as "the Irish gang" due to Hagen's Irish ancestry. Don Corleone formally appointed Hagen to the post after Genco's death, making him the first non-Italian to achieve that important position. In mid- 1945, longtime Corleone family consigliere Genco Abbandando became seriously ill, and Hagen was named acting consigliere. Corleone never asks a second favor once he's refused the first, understood?" ―Tom Hagen Despite this, Tom wielded immense power within the Corleone family under Vito, as he was both Vito's advocate and his most trusted advisor in most matters - his cunning and diplomacy had always been a more valuable asset than Sonny's open aggression.īecoming Consigliere " Mr. His German-Irish ancestry precluded his formal membership in the Mafia, which did not accept non-Italians. Vito was more than willing to take Tom into his employ, saying that a lawyer could steal more than a phalanx of gunmen. He did so knowing full well that Vito wasn't merely an olive-oil importer, but the most powerful crime boss in the nation. In many ways, Vito's adoption of the street urchin Hagen paralleled how Vito himself was taken in by Signor Abbandando when he was a child.Īfter graduating from law school, Hagen offered to work for Corleone as though he were one of the Don's own sons. Although the Don never formally adopted him, thinking that this would have been an act of disrespect to Hagen's parents, Hagen thought of Vito Corleone as his true father. ![]() Tom at the surprise birthday party for Vito.Īfter encountering a homeless Tom on the streets, Sonny took him home and persuaded his father to take him into the family. Living with the Family " I have a special practice. Tom lived on the streets alone for more than a year. His sister ended up in a foster home, but the social agencies of the time did not follow up on Tom's case. Tom and his sister were sent to an orphanage, but Tom ran away. Torn up with grief, Tom's father drank himself to death. Tom also caught the eye infection, which went untreated until he lived with the Corleones. When Hagen was eleven years old, his mother caught an eye infection that resulted in blindness, and died soon after from venereal disease. Martin was a hard-working carpenter, but he was also a violent alcoholic. Thomas "Tom" Feargal Hagen was the son of German-American Martin Hagen and Irish-American Bridget Hagen.
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